[Highlight] Dillon Brooks picked up a hostile act technical and got ejected after hitting the go ahead 3 for contact with LeBron
the refs were terrible, this is embarrassing for the league honestly
Welcome to the past 2 decades
and this is why I occasionally comeback to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1mnO_A9SM
A couple years ago, Scott Foster tossed CP3 from a game within the first minute. The day before his kid got into a fight with the Scott Fosters’ kid
My man Timmy D got tossed for laughing on the bench :(
And this predates the ease of sports betting apps. The NBA is so complicit it’s like Pro Wrestling at this point. The Refs know the script.
Everyone loves to blame the legalization of sports betting (not you) like the league didn’t have refs rigging games 15 years before that.
Plus the league has financial incentive far beyond gambling. The Lakers making the finals was way more lucrative than Sacramento.
Vanvleet was always a great quote. He’s a player i wouldn’t mind doing a bit of media when he’s retired.
Was that Ben Taylor making this call?
All refs are Ben Taylor
It’s why I only watch highlights now unless it’s the playoffs
Adam Silver is pleased
This game was a complete mess from start to finish. Refs swallowed their whistle early and then tried to reign it in late.
The refs said on an earlier play that Booker pulling LaRavias jersey during a layup had no impact on the play for example. They let Brooks get away with too much and then tried to fix it late.
They called a tech on Brooks in like the first few minutes of the first quarter
And then in the last 5minutes of the game let Brooks foul like 4-5 times, with 5 fouls, without blowing the whistle, he should’ve been fouled out before any of this happened. Awful crew tonight. Bad, bad mistakes on both sides.
Its the same shit… theyve been biased for the Lakers since the beginning of time. Nothing will happen
Obviously they missed the shooting foul but are they even allowed to go back and review it since the review was for the hostile act?
That’s what I was wondering? In the process of reviewing the tech, could they not say oh damn we missed that?
What they are and aren’t allowed to retroactively call after review isn’t very consistent. I’m willing to bet this is one of those situations where what they called is a dead ball foul or something and because of that they can’t go back and review any plays before so they can’t look at the shooting foul.
I remember the refs retroactively calling a foul on gsw even though it was missed
That’s a proximate foul and I’m pretty sure that’s only for coaches challenges only. That’s different than an official review.
They might be talking about the Draymond shoulder check of Mitchell a few years ago. It happened while the Cavs were taking a shot, the refs missed it. The Warriors inbounded the ball and were in the front court when Mitchell ran all the way up the court and shoved Draymond.
They reviewed that for a hostile act and ended up giving Draymond a technical for the previous play.
So going by that, they could have given James a tech if they deemed what James did on the contest worthy of it.
No, they can’t
I’ve seen coaches challenge something like an out bounds so they’ll go back and review something else that didn’t get called lots of times. They can’t go back in this case though, I guess?
They could only give LeBron a tech or a flagrant because it wasn’t a coach’s challenge.
Did LeBron give Dillon a little punch on the way buy in the gut while he was shooting?
You should be able to, but then like what? If brooks someone because they did something does the punch now not count?
Like it’s a slippery slope I guess. Maybe you could give double techs but you still can’t do hostile acts
And admit their wrongdoing? What kind of refs do you have in your world lol jk
no they can’t and suns can’t challenge too because it was a no call. you can’t challenge a no call. but that was an obvious foul by Bron
Dillon Brooks should’ve had an and 1 there
Ridiculous how that wasn’t called a foul. Knee to knee even
And they just allowed LeBron to stay in after grabbing the ref in anger? What a joke
Would’ve been elder abuse if they did anything to him this season
I just watched the clip after reading all the comments and my god yall blew the contact/grab with the ref out of proportion lma
the refs were only calling foot to foot contact tonight
“Foot to foot contact” is the new “we went back and reviewed a three by a suns player and they were out of bounds”
Not wearing an OKC jersey so he ain’t getting that call.
And against Lakers, so that’s a double whammy.
Yeah man, Brooks lucky to not have been permanently suspended from the league for this.
Clear foul by LeBron
Suns got absolutely robbed here
We got robbed all game. At one point the free throw disparity was 31-9.
Or they should have at least let the tech slide in exchange for missing the foul since it was that obvious
Ball don’t lie he missed that tech
That and 1 made the difference though. Assuming Brooks or whoever makes the free throw, James only ties the game on the three free throws. (A lot of hypothetical assuming, I know)
Booker foul on Bron was obvious but this was so much fucking worse I mean what in the hell how did they not call that
Did you watch the game?
At one point the free throw disparity was 31-9 in favor of the Lakers.
Damn near a flagrant on bron
The only reason i could see it as an argument for no call is that Dillions feet landed safely and there is no contact with the shooting hand/arm. I would still think you call that 9⁄10 times though a shooting foul or reckless close out.
That’s gotta be considered dangerous closeout or whatever they’re calling it
He wouldn’t have been fouled if bron had got ejected for grabbing a ref
Ehh, he had just landed completely on top of Luka on a missed 3 that was even more obvious than this one.
He also landed on Luka on a missed three but there was no call about a minute earlier
Clear contact. Would’ve been better to give double techs.
Wrong jersey for that
I hate Dillon Brooks. But that was a foul on Bron.
It was a foul on LeBron AND a tech on Brooks
No shit, but the tech might no happen if they actually call the foul on LeBron
You get angry at the refs for not making a call, not the player. Brooks was going to do that dumb shit regardless.
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Because it was a bit of a cheap shot by Bron. He’s not mad that Bron slapped his hand while shooting. Bron made zero play on the ball and gave him a little shot in the stomach or ribs.
Just as a further example, if a guy intentionally hits another player in the balls but the refs miss it, you don’t understand why that player might be upset at the other player?
I feel crazy here because it’s insanely obvious why someone might take issue with another player making a non basketball play on them.
You’re forcing me to balance my hatred for Brooks here with basic common sense.
Yeah, when that happened to me, I’m upset at the refs for not calling it, but I’m also upset at the poor sportsman I’m playing against for doing it. Everyone knows retaliation is always called, so you don’t go after the player, but you definitely check his body a lot harder in every next engagement (a lot easier to do in soccer without fouling since body-to-body without arm extension is legal as long as playing the ball, so you can side-to-side shoulder check someone who comes into you, or even kinda “bullfight” offer no resistance at all so they fall over when they come into try to shoulder check you back harder than you did)
That’s a soft tech. Lebron made more contact with the official than Brooks did with Lebron. He just knows to sell it a little.
That was not a tech lol so soft and a flop by James
Agree.
But also, oh well
Seriously, I love a game being chippy but what the fuck is that officiating
they gave game away to LAL
If they’re rigging games why didn’t they call two possessions earlier when Dillon landed entirely on top of Luka on a three point attempt? Or why not satisfy the coach’s challenge on Dillon literally pulling LaRavia’s jersey on a lay-up attempt? Why wait until the end of game and hinge all your match-fixing on the off-chance that Dillon is going to push LeBron?
regardless of any foul on that shot you can’t do that bro
Yeah lol bro has no awareness
Dude has some weird fixation on LeBron. Literally selling games because he can’t control his emotions around him
Dillon Brooks would like to play with and against LeBron all night long
He’s so good (x4)
You can’t touch refs and pull on them either…..
Dillion brooks could have had the last laugh and instead chose to screw himself and his tean
Yeah, no argument here. Brooks does a lot of dumb shit.
tbf, lebron missed the technical free throw, and the lakers called timeout regardless of the tech anyway, which set up the actual gamewinning free throws.
So really the only thing dillon brook’s tech did was get himself removed from one defensive play.
You can if you’re the LeBron James of basketball tho
A really bonehead play
Lebron leaned into it and then sold the contact but yea still a dumb move
Flopping has always been a great talent of his.
Obviously was fouled and has every right to be mad but like what even goes through his head there? He’s mad at the ref so he squares up on LeBron mid play? Lol
Bron should have picked up the foul there, idk how you can argue the opposite. Suns got hosed.
Wouldn’t be here if LeBron got ejected for shoving a ref
ya that was egregious
LeGregious
Did you watch the game? 2 possessions before Brooks completely lands entirely on top of Luka on a 3 attempt for a no call. Was a physical contact with tons of calls, missed calls, and everything else.
Well then those should have been called? Doesn’t mean this call is right.
He said the suns got hosed.
If it’s bs calls on both sides, his rebuttal stands. He wasn’t arguing that this was a good call, he argued against the idea that the suns were hosed.
Maybe Brooks shouldn’t play like a fucking idiot
Okay but is that closeout by LeBron not a foul?
it was, but Dillon was still dumb for being on tilt after that. both can be true
For real lol. Foul on LeBron, but Brooks is still a dumbass for chest bumping him
Retaliation will always be called harder
Still gotta call the foul
The refs have ruined the ending of this game.
While I agree brooks is a dumbass for that
They ruined the whole game. They lost control in the first quarter and it just went downhill from there.
Nah that’s on brooks, the refs were bad, but brooks needs to be smarter there.
lol at rhe next foul that was called
Ohhh would you look at that, it’s Tyler Ford again. That officials is rigging games.
you can’t make this shit up
Proceeds to immediately make up a bunch of bull shit
But you just did
He’s also an F-150.
Also the grandson of Gerald Ford (married to Henry Ford) and nephew of Harrison Ford. It’s really crazy how all of this is true.
This league is a joke. Was clear foul on the shot
But you don’t turn into a dumbass and go shout in someone’s face especially when refs are tech happy
more than a shout, he jumped into him and bumped him. They’re gonna get you for that every time especially in a chippy game.
Brooks was already on 5 fouls and 1 tech, doing what he did was incredibly stupid even if he was robbed of the and-1. Regardless of how poorly officiated the game was (awful) this tech gave the Lakers the win.
He got T’d up way early in the game for the same thing. Then LeBron does too. Idiotic by Brooks
Brooks should’ve held his cool but LeBron didn’t even get a tech for pushing the ref earlier lol
You can clearly see the suns reaction to Brooks antics. They could have won, that’s just stupid.
It was dumb for sure, but we missed the technical free throw. So all he really cost them was his presence for one defensive possession.
Lakers got like 43 free throw attempts this game. They were 1.5 point favorites and won by 2.
Check the refs sports gambling accounts lol
I got downvoted for saying that the Lakers have by far the best whistle in the nba the other day when people were whining about OKC getting preferential treatment.
They have lead the league in FT differential 4!! years in a row with widely different rosters. It’s insane how much of an advantage they have every game.
Terrible call.
The Lakers point differential always tells the real story of their team in the standings.
Utter frauds.
and ur team 0-2 against frauds
“Utter frauds”? Lol idk why I come on this sub sometimes
Your team literally has a losing record against any team above .500 and you wanna talk about frauds
Hmmm, I wonder how the Lakers lead the league in free throw differential every year
What about the years the hornets led the league
doesn’t serve the argument, doesn’t count
Doesn’t fit the narrative
Just stupid fans who see stuff on twitter and run with it
clearly the league’s most beloved franchises get to lead 😎
The ghost of David Stern still runs the team
Michael Jordan + Lamelo
Don’t you know it’s because Darvin Ham specifically tells them they should defend without fouling??
because the games are rigged in our favor. thats why we’re undefeated, neva lost!!!
Because morons like brooks do shit like that
Was a timeout called? I thought your bench couldn’t come on to the court during a scuffle?
The Lakers called timeout immediately after Brooks hit the shot.
This is a hostile act when Lebron literally grabbed the ref???
Yeah but the thing is bron has been known to ne respectful and non-hostile towards players and refs for 20 years now and so he gets a lot of leeway, which i think in some ways is deserved 🤷🏽♂️
Yeah, foul on Bron not called.
Brooks being the idiot he is goes and does that instead of just taking the lead and playing defense.
Dumb gonna dumb.
LMFAO he just got out rage baited
Shades of baiting Draymond to get him suspended.
LeBron is a master baiter
LeBron should’ve gotten ejected when he touched the ref earlier
He manhandled the ref.
To shreds, you say?
100%. It’s out of pocket and completely rigged they didn’t call that
LeBron hit him
More like punched him
More like stabbed him with a katana
But bron can literally grab the ref…
This is genuinely cooked
The refs are more and more the story…. after nearly every game
Horrible
Craziest LeBron glaze by ref ball
Dumbass lmao
Can’t really blame him when ref didn’t call the foul
You can actually
This sub is full of idiots. He has the right to be upset but running up on dude and bumping him lol that’s his fault
No kidding. Feel like im going insane reading some of the reactions to this in here.
You don’t go and get a tech up one because the ref missed an obvious foul
Yea you can. He threw a tantrum
Can’t blame a grown man to control his emotions
Of course you can 😂 fouls are missed all the time, if everyone reacted like this every time a call was missed we’d have games abandoned for lack of players every day
You definitely still can
So LeBron gets in the refs face earlier in the game and doesn’t get ejected but Brooks obviously gets fouled and gets a Technical for being angry. Such favoritism
Brooks second tech of the game guy, gets you ejected.
It’s because Dillon has been doing it all game. He got T’d up in the 1st quarter and Lebron was sick of it, probably should have called Dillon on some of the physical play earlier
Personally that’s the refs fault for letting it get to that, which is why Lebron was partly upset
Got in his face = grabbed and pushed him multiple times
Not just got in his face but grabbed a ton of flesh
NBA is a shit show
Rigged bullshit
that is insane
Look how 6’9” 250 lb LeBron falls back from that sorta chest bump.
Lebron should’ve been ejected for literally grabbing a ref before this even happened 😂
Brought to you by DraftKings, lakers were favored by -1.5 btw
I love Brooks but the antics are so stupid at times. Refs are already giving your team a hard time and you do that thinking it will somehow help your team?
Refs are going to free throw the Lakers right into the playoffs again. Where they will be dismantled by OKC, the Spurs, or Denver.
Bron shouldn’t be in the game after he manhandled the ref earlier. Refs allowed these two to bump chests all night. Now it’s a problem?
Refs ruined a banger of a game
Leflop
LeBron gets the benefit of the doubt and Brooks gets a tight whistle.
LeRigged
So LeBron fouls, doesn’t get called, then flops like a fish for the tech. Incredible reffing
Crazy they ejected Dillon brooks when lebron hit a ref earlier in the game
Bron such a hoe
It’s incredible how simple it appears to be to knock a 6’8, absolutely jacked, all time great athlete like Lebron off balance when he clearly sees you coming and can brace for the contact
Nba is so soft man.
The nba is stupid. Brooks has a pair and can’t get a call and they got LeBron in pampers.
Most obvious foul of all time but only goes one way as per fucking usual
As one of the strongest players of all time he sure does get moved by a gust of wind
Jesus christ that was one of the worst officiated games I’ve ever seen. Even before the horrible last 2 minutes.
This is for sure a tech but you CANNOT call it after missing an and 1 like that.
Shocked the refs favor the lakers
LeFavouritisn
The whole Dillon Brooks timeline in one play.
Uh wtf that’s a flagrant by LeBron
The game we love is gone
Refs/bet money wouldn’t let the Suns come back, of course not
LeFixed
He bumps bears
Remember: He likes to poke bears. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I mean, people get fouled all the time and it doesn’t get called. Most people don’t chest bump the opponent after that happens.
But also, Dillon Brooks is a really good basketball player this season (and to be fair last season also)
Ref should be investigated
Shoulda been an and-1, instead brooks gets ejected and Lebron gets free throws for a chance to win the game. Classic nba favoritism.